Gnomic poetry consists of meaningful sayings put into verse to aid the memory. They were known by the Greeks as gnomes (c.f. the Greek adjective γνωμικός...
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Maxims (Old English poems) (redirect from Old English Maxims Poetry)
"Maxims I, A, B and C") and "Maxims II" are pieces of Old English gnomic poetry. The poem "Maxims I" can be found in the Exeter Book and "Maxims II"...
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expressing a general truth or aphorism Gnomic poetry, a poetry genre Gnomic will, an Eastern Orthodox theological concept Gnome (disambiguation) Gnomonic projection...
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Rune poem (redirect from Rune poetry)
memorably arranged; comparable with the Old English sayings, Gnomic poetry, and Old Norse poetry of wisdom and learning. The Old English Rune Poem as recorded...
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iambs and appears to have specialized in gnomic poetry like his likely contemporary Phocylides. Little of his poetry survives, preserved in brief quotations...
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approximately the sixth century BC. The work attributed to him consists of gnomic poetry quite typical of the time, featuring ethical maxims and practical advice...
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especially a philosophical maxim Maxims (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) Mary Maxim...
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Sanskrit literature (redirect from Sanskrit poetry)
called subhāṣita, ("well said") which can be classified as gnomic poetry and didactic poetry. These are mainly poems which contain some wise saying, aphoristic...
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Medieval Welsh literature (redirect from Medieval Welsh poetry)
Dinogat (Dinogad's Smock). Much of the nature poetry, gnomic poetry, prophetic poetry, and religious poetry in the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red...
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possessing, in varying degree, the prosodic and rhetoric qualities of gnomic poetry." Within the chapter-structure, the couplets acquire their structural...
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